Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present

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Written for high school or beginning undergraduate students, this four-volume reference valiantly attempts to provide a historical framework for the perhaps overly broad concept of world trade. Entry topics were selected on trade organizations, influential people, commodities, events that affected trade, trade routes, navigation, religion, communicFord sold over 15 million between 1908 and 1927, and by the end of the period
the Model T made up half of all automotive sales worldwide. ... In the 1950s, it
was the Falcon; in the 1960s in Europe, the Cortina; in the 1980s, the Taurus;
and, most recently, the Explorer. ... Most notably, Ford acquired Volvo in 1999. ...
Rather than incur the cost to repair the tank, the company sought to hide the
problem.